With rising tension between the United States and Canada, some are worried that Haines could pay the price of Canadian resentment.
It’s hard to put a precise number on Haines’ economic reliance on Canadian tourism, but tourism director Rebecca Hylton says it’s significant. “The Yukon is our closest neighbour,” said Hylton, “and [Yukoners] are basically everyone who has come into the Visitor Center in the…